In the article, "The SAT, Test Prep, Income, and Race", Alex Tabarrok claims that "The average SAT score among those with a family income of $20,000-$40,000 is 1402 while the average score among those with an income $100,000 higher, $120,000-$140,000, is 1581 for a 179 point difference". This is a huge difference, as students in families who are unable to support themselves at a camp often find themselves on the lower end of the scale.
While there may be outliers, this is a clear case that lower class individuals NEED someone to help them along the way. As colleges increase their dependence on standardized testing, some of these families are even more disadvantaged. Since most of these people have access to the internet, a global good that is increasingly available, I see a direct solution to resolving the SAT class problem.
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